15.05.2008
TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION TO
NEW REGIONAL CENTERS:
POLICY CHALLENGES, PRACTICE, AND THE MIGRANT EXPERIENCE
Kennan Institute
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
8:15 a.m.-5:15 p.m.5th floor conference room
Kennan Institute and Comparative Urban Studies Project
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 8:45 Coffee and Pastries 9:00-9:15 Welcoming Remarks
Blair A. Ruble , Director, Kennan Institute and Comparative Urban Studies Project, Woodrow Wilson Center 9:15-10:45 Panel I: Migrant Integration: Identity, Citizenship, and Tolerance
Part I
Chair: Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Pep Subiros, Author and Philosopher, Barcelona, Spain
Loren Landau, Director, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
J. Walter Tejada, Chairman, Arlington County Board
Manuel Angel Castillo Garcia, Profesor-Investigador, Centro de Estudios Demograficos, Urbanos y Ambientales (CEDUA), El Colegio de Mexico 10:45-11:00 Break 11:00-1:00 Part II
Patricia Landolt, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
Cynthia Buckley, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Oxana Shevel, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Tufts University
Davlat Khudonazarov, Senior Research Fellow, Russian Academy of Sciences 1:00-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:30 Panel II: Ukraine and Russia: New Migration Destinations
Chair: Blair A. Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute and CUSP, Woodrow Wilson Center
Timothy Heleniak, Faculty Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Maryland
Yaroslav Pylynskyi, Director, Kennan Kyiv Project, Ukraine
Olga Vendina, Geographer, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 3:30-3:45 Break 3:45-5:15 Panel III: New Migrant Cities: Cultural Transformation and New Urban Landscapes
Chair: Blair A. Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute and CUSP, Woodrow Wilson Center
Mikhail Alexseev, Assistant Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
Caroline Brettell, Interim Dean of Dedman College and Professor of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University
Michael Jones-Correa, Professor of Government, Cornell University Please RSVP to kennan@wilsoncenter.org
or by calling 202-691-4100.
Visit www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan for more information.
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